Instructional Technology Resources » Podcasts

One Website from the closing speaker

Lori Rich — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:37:49 +0000

This was the one website I was able to get down from the closing speaker http://torres21.typepad.com/flickschool/ It amazed me how many different teachers had figured out that they had to make the subject appealing to the students. These teachers chose to use pod-casting, broadcasting, windows movies, etc. to make their subject interesting. One school started making posters of students stories who scored a 4 on their practice writing. Then that student was allowed to make an audio pod cast of the story. Once that was done, they let the student make a windows movie, using still pictures the students took with a small digital camera, about their story. The school posted the podcast and then the movie on the school website. They said that after about the 3rd or 4th story that was made into a movie, students who had never wanted to write started revising and revising until they got the necessary 4 on their paper to be allowed to do this.

Who Said…A Literature Game Podcast

Kim Estes — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:36:08 +0000

It’s a literature game delivered as a podcast. Listen to the passage from a novel, then guess the character, novel and author via a web form.

http://www.whosaid.org/

The Periodic Table of Podcasts

Kim Estes — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:00:26 +0000

Background: In the second trimester at Cary Academy, Cary, NC, USA the 7th grade science students learned about atomic structure, basic chemical reactions, and the classification of different types of matter in their Chemistry Unit. As a culminating project for this unit, students were challenged to created an innovative, creative podcast about an element on the periodic table. This website is a result of those projects.

Purpose: The purpose of Periodic Table of Podcasts was for students to learn about various elements on the periodic table by conducting research using the Internet and then creating educational and interesting podcast based upon that research using their tablet PC’s, Audacity, and other technology.

Invitation: We invite students from any school to participate in the development of the “Periodic Table of Podcasts”. To participate, instructions are provided within this website. There are very easy ways to create audio files in the classroom even if you have only a few computers. Contact the Instructional Technology Department for help! Audio files could be hosted on your school’s server, various Internet resources, or other means. Don’t let the technology get in the way- for help and advise contact your Instructional Technology Department. All we need is the URL (link) to your students’ audio files, and we can add them to the Periodic Table of Podcasts! If you wish to collaborate regarding your podcast project, e-mail joselyn_todd@caryacademy.org. Please complete the FORM on our website to enter your podcasts to the periodic table.

http://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/
joselyn_todd/science7_podcasts/ptp/periodic_table_of_podcasts.htm